PRILOSEC Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 1.9 (1667 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PRILOSEC with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
1 | Heartburn | SEVERE anxiety, random crying/depression spells, insomnia, rapid heartbeat when trying to fall asleep, shortness of breath, muscle spasms. | Literally took it yesterday morning and was not myself the whole day, it is now the next morning and I haven't slept a wink because everytime I tried to fall asleep I was jolted awake by my heart racing. | F | 19 | 1 days 1 1X day | 7/22/2020 | 1 | Gerd, gastritis | UPDATE: its been two months since I stop taking this drug. It worked for one week and i started having BURNING sensations all over my body. I posted on 5/31/20. I had anxiety, indigestion and constant burning. Took another endoscopy and the result came back normal so my doctor told me to stop taking the PPI daily and switch to as needed. He suggested it could be the reason for the BURNINg. 2 months since i stopped and the anxiety, indigestion is gone completely. The burning is almost gone. | they are best taken as needed as opposed to daily regimen | F | 32 | 3 days 80mg 2X day | 7/17/2020 | 1 | Reflux/post viral indigestion | Whilst on meds - Intense Anxiety, racing thoughts, panic attacks, jittering, jolting awake, shaking muscles, pain in neck, headaches, general ill feeling. | UPDATE - Been off drug seven weeks. Have noticed some improvements, but still suffering. I have noticed that if I don't eat regularly I feel awful. Also around an hour after eating my body starts throbbing, like it's pulsating all over, has anyone else had this? I'm also feeling nauseous, which is new and the headaches are bad!! Some says I feel so on edge again, which had passed. Please can people who have recovered message, or if you want to chat. | 39 | 5 days 20mg | 7/2/2020 | 1 | Gerds | Update from 12-8-19 I have stopped prilosec twice since then but had to go back on it because of nasty bad rebound effects. Stopped again June 1st. Again bad rebound effects. Headache, dizziness, chest pain, heavy head with pain, bad backache, crying spells, leg pain both legs, trouble sleeping, acid in throat, cough, stomach ache, and gas. I am really trying to stay off this poison. Don't take it. Went to the ER and was told to get off it or it will only get worse. Taking tums, chamomile tea, eating nothing after 3:00 p.m. Head propped up to get some sleep. Please don't take this poison. | I fear for my health and you should to. So dizzy even laying down. ER says 2-4 weeks and the dizziness should go away they are wrong. All test come back normal. They say my age 64 it may take another two weeks. Poison !!!! | F | 64 | 5 months 20mg. Dail | 6/29/2020 | 1 | Possible Gerd | Getting many side effects others are experiencing. Panic attacks, heart feels like it is beating hard, jitters, jolted awake, difficulty sleeping, moments of difficulty breathing, moments it burning sensation. | I went to two specialists and the er. All test results come back normal. After reading this page I thought it was the medicine. I am on day 5 of not taking it. Last night and today was a bad day with the symptoms. How long does it take to feel symptom free? Please email me! It concerns me that some patients were saying it's been 2-4 weeks and they still do not feel okay. I think I would feel better if I had an idea how long it can take to feel normal again. | F | 30 | 1 months | 6/27/2020 | 1 | Acid reflux | Extreme anxiety, feeling of doom, tearful most of the time, made my throat worse. | My GP thought my sore throat was due to acid reflux. She gave me omeprazole. It worked for 2 days but the sore throat was worse after that and my anxiety went through the roof. Three weeks later I had enough and went to another doctor who gave me nexium. This worked and did not cause anxiety. (At this point I Do not think I had acid reflux in the first place). When that dose finished I was then put on omeprazole again. And OMG my anxiety and paranoia has come back with a vengeance. It makes me feel so low and tearful. So I have left it for the last three days and I seem To be feeling better. Still anxious but but not as bad. Cannot wait to flush it out. To be honest I do not even think I had acid reflux to begin with so I think these have caused more damage. Just going to let me body heal now and recover from suppressing the acidity. | F | 43 | 4 days 20 | 6/27/2020 | 1 | GERD | chest tightness/pain, shoulder and neck pain, right arm went numb, severe anxiety and panic, easily mistaken for heart attack | Thank you all for posting your stories, finding this page actually helped calm my nerves a lot. I didn't know these could be side effects, so like a lot of you, I've felt like I'm dying or going crazy or both for the past few days. Very good to know I'm not alone. But if you notice any of these things, stop right away, don't keep taking it like I did thinking it would go away. | M | 30 | 10 days 20 mg 1X day | 6/25/2020 | 1 | Silent reflux | Jitters..tingling and numbness in both sides of face neck both arms legs and feet. Muscle spasms all over body. Horrible Brain fog Eye problems, problems with balance walking, chills with no fever, exhausted after doing nothing fatigue all day, weakness in right foot leg and arm. Ms or Parkinson like symptoms. Going to see neurologist soon. After 2 ER visit everything came back normal. After being off it for one week side effects still here | Please never take this drug!!!!!!!!! | F | 35 | 20 days 40mg once | 6/23/2020 | 1 | Gastritis and H pylori | I took this medicine 13 years ago after I had my gallbladder removed and after the six day I started having anxiety attack which I never had in my life, Couldn't figure out why but it was giving me diarrhea so I stopped immediately 10 days ago I had a colonoscopy and they told me that I needed to take this medicine to get rid of my gastritis again after 10 days of taking it I had an anxiety attack and now for sure I know it's from the drug | Just watch your diet you do not need these kind of medicine prescription medicines they have millions of side effects | F | 36 | 10 days 20 | 6/15/2020 | 1 | Acid/indigestion post virus | Whilst on meds - Intense anxiety Inability to sit still Body jolts Shaking Jilting awake, even though I was so tired Coming off meds Tearful Low mood Burning sensations Pains in muscles (Legs) Pins and needles in head/arms and legs Brain fog | I've been off these meds four weeks and still having issues with brain fog, headaches, burning feeling (mostly in upper back), Low mood Pins & needles Although I was recovering from a virus when I started taking this, I was calm and of a positive disposition before. Please can anyone tell me how long they experienced symptoms after coming off this awful drug! | F | 39 | 5 days 20mg | 6/10/2020 | 1 | I'm still getting side effects such as brain fog , can't think straight , out of body feeling , tightness around the head, Insomnia Does anyone know how to get rid of these side effects , it's been 2 months since I've been off this but haven't seen much improvements. Does anyone know how to | M | 23 | 45 days 20mg | 5/31/2020 | 1 | Gerd, gastritis | i started taking 60mg after having a bad bout of gastritis. It worked for two weeks and after two weeks, i started experiencing grawling in my stomach, constancy chest burn, stomach burn, back burn, leg burn, vagina burn, throat burn. I was BURNING all over. The doctor felt it was best to up my dose to 80mg. That helped for one week and back to the same ole BURN. After reading these reviews..i am going to stop taking this med and see what happens. Will update later | F | 32 | 2 months 80mg | 5/31/2020 | 1 | gastric reflux | Anxiety, racing heart, feeling of dread, chest pain, numbness in feet, increased stomach acid, insomnia | Dr. prescribed because they thought an issue I had was being caused by gastric reflux (which I now think probably wasn't). Ended up at ER twice and getting an endoscopy thinking I was dying of a heart attack or cancer for what was probably just some sort of sinus issue. My head just got clear enough to figure this all out after only a week on the med. Starting to wean off tomorrow and I feel like it's going to be rough. | F | 53 | 7 days 20 mg 2X day | 5/23/2020 | 1 | acid reflux | Horrible abomination pain, weakness, shaking. Ended up in the ER where they couldn't find anything wrong with me other than that my liver levels were high (which I later found out can be a side effect of Prilosec). I've been off it for only three days and it's been awful. Feels like I'm dying. Panic attacks. Anxiety. Literally cannot sleep. Can't digest my food and as a result have to eat every two to three hours or I have horrible crashes. Nerve pain. Burning sensations. | Do not take this drug. I have never had anything like this happen to me before. It is hell. I'm hoping in time I will be able to correct the imbalances it has caused in my nutrition and I will feel better. I know now I needed more stomach acid, not less. Sometimes heart burn results from low stomach acid and not being able to digest your food so it sits in there rotting and that's what causes the burning reflux. | F | 30 | 3 days | 5/19/2020 | 1 | Suspected gastritis and H.Pylori | Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, paranoia, restlessness, depression, nightmares, fatigue, nervousness. | I'm always very careful to read information side effects but they definitely aren't included in Omeprazole's list! About 3 days into the course I began suffering overwhelming anxiety, wanted to hide myself away (nervous socially), depressed, exhausted and weak. I'm a Psychotherapist and generally in great shape - I'm surprised patients aren't pre-warned about these effects. Will discontinue immediately. | F | 40 | 8 days 40 | 5/11/2020 | 1 | Gastritis | Fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety, insomnia, nausea, diarrhea, bloating and gas pains, chest pain. | Was prescribed this drug after an antibiotic had messed my stomach up. I've never had stomach issues before this. Drug did help with some of the issues I was having but after a week it made them worse. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The makers of this drug should be shut down and sued. | M | 34 | 13 days 20 | 5/5/2020 | 1 | Suspected ulcer / Acid Reflux | Immediately had extreme anxiety, multiple panic attacks though I've never had them before. Developed severe chest pain on left side of my chest. Joint paint in wrists, left hip, and muscle pain in back and right forearm. Had ER trip due to extreme chest pains radiating into my left shoulder and tingling down my arm. All tests returned normal and healthy. Insomnia. Blurred vision. Bad stomach pain, bloating, unable to eat more than once a day. | Took this for 14 days because I had slight pain under left ribs. I immediately developed initial side effects of anxiety/panic attacks. Chest pain followed shortly after,GI doc doubled the dose to 20mg x2 day. Made symptoms worse. I take no other meds and have no prior history of any pains or mental health issues. I'm on day 4 of no meds and not noticing much improvement. Anyone know how long side effects last after stopping? Or how to help my system metabolize and get back to normal faster? | M | 33 | 14 days 20mg x2 | 4/24/2020 | 1 | Heartburn | Getting tension headaches , heavy head , dizziness , head not functioning, brain fog , out of body feeling , memory loss , I really don't know what I be doing during the day. | I don't recommend anyone taking this medicine , get of it if you are on it before you start experiencing these effects. Is there anyone who knows how to get rid of this all quickly. Please email me. | M | 22 | 35 days 20mg a day | 4/8/2020 | 1 | Postpartum gerd | Anxiety, jitters, abdominal pain, panic attacks | This stuff is the devil. I take nexium and it does not give me abdominal pain. I do however feel so tired all the time on all ppis. | F | 39 | 14 days 40 | 2/27/2020 | 1 | Acid reflux | Helped with acid reflux but caused me to have confusion and problems with remembering what I had just thought about a moment ago. Mild visual hallucinations when closing my eyes. Stopped taking it after 12 days and am slowly getting better after about a week, but I feel a lot of anxiety and depression . Hopefully this will all go away. | 69 | 12 days 20 | 2/25/2020 |